RIKKI TIKKI TAVI by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Christine Foster

Narrator

Rikki Tikki Tavi, a mongoose

Teddy, a child

Teddy’s mother

Teddy’s father

Mr. Darzee, a tailorbird

Mrs. Darsee, a tailorbird

Nag, a King Cobra

Nagaina, a King Cobra, his wife

Chu, a muskrat

Chundra, a muskrat

Others as narrators, animals, voices etc as desired.

This adaptation was commissioned in 2015 by The Kipling Festival, Rottingdean, UK and performed by 12 village children in the gardens of Kipling’s former home.